printf in SunOS kernel is different

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From: Elliott McCrory
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1991 15:30

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I have discovered that the following printf, when used in the SunOS 4.1
kernel, causes a crash (data fault):

	printf("%04x", (short int) kernel_variable);

but this printf is okay:

	printf("%x", (short int) kernel_variable);

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From: mccrory@tomato.fnal.gov (Elliott McCrory)
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Subject: printf in SunOS kernel is different
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